That is for pre 5.X firmware. The hosts file trick hasn't worked since the 4.X days which is why we have to stitch the SHSH directly into the firmware now.

Originally Posted by twistedsi33

welp, still nothing......Simon, I really do appreciate you. I don't know why i can't get this damn thing to work, but thank you!!!!! you've kind!

I don't know either sorry but you are welcome regardless. Maybe a different computer will do the trick or maybe getting a friend in on it to help to see if you can figure out what could be going wrong.

I have spent hours upon hours trying desp to jail break this effn phone and NOTHING has worked. I am working w/a iphone 4 running on 6.0.1. i have downloaded redsnOw the new and the old versions.....NOTHING works. I have tried to follow other ppls suggestions, w/NO luck at all and im at my witts end!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've put my phone in DFU mode....i've selected "extras" and downloaded the iphone 3,1_6.0.1_1OA523....ill select it and i get a window that pops up saying, "Unsupported IPSW. I then downloaded another IPSW, still no luck. I don't know what else to do here. Please help me before I do very bad things to this phone!!!!!! Thank you